Beginners�bellydance Classes For Every Woman

Bellydance! The very word conjures thoughts of colourful costumes, exotic locations, and mysterious women. Imagine forgetting your cares and getting comfortable with your body as you move to the sensual dance rhythms.

Soul Dance School of Romany and Middle Eastern Dance offers classes that teach bellydancing movements in a safe, supportive, and fun atmosphere. A healthy body image and higher self-esteem are natural by-products of bellydancing, according to Soul Dance founder and artistic director Margaret Cunningham.

Women of all ages and body shapes enjoy this beautiful, and largely misunderstood, dance form,� Margaret said.

Bellydancing enhances how women feel about themselves and connects women with each other and the wider community when we perform at events and festivals."

Classes have been available at Chermside and Petrie for some time, and now, by popular demand, Soul Dance is at last teaching bellydance at Redcliffe.

Emily Pazouki, one of the main teachers, recently became the only bellydancer in Australia to win an international competition in Egypt, the home of bellydance.

Emily said that she came to Soul Dance at the age of 11 after her parents divorced and she had been diagnosed with depression and anxiety.

The family atmosphere at Soul Dance provided me with a supportive and empowering community that helped me learn to love and accept myself,� Emily said.

I've learned through the great diversity of women at Soul Dance that all women's bodies are capable of achieving beauty and that size, age and shape have nothing to do with it.

Soul Dance also supports devoted students right through to professional level if they want. In 2019, I travelled to Egypt to study and compete and became the first dancer in Australia to win at the famous Nile Group Festival.

Dancing for me isn't about the movement. It's about connection ' connection to my body, my soul, my audience, the music and culture of the Middle East, and to my fellow dance sisters.�

Classes start in early March. For more information and to book, search 'Beginners Bellydance Classes' on Facebook or email� info@souldance.com.au

Classes are very popular ' book now to avoid disappointment.

Beginners Bellydance Classes
Tuesday and Thursday: 7pm-8pm
Redcliffe (location disclosed on booking)